Reflections on The Splendor of Truth and other writings of Saint John Paul II

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Saint Pope John Paul II was the second longest reigning pope, after Pope Pius IX who reigned for 32 years. He was elected in 1978 and died in 2005 while still in office. He upheld the Church’s teachings on the ordination of woman, artificial contraception and abortion, and he strengthened the Tradition of the Church on all the Life issues such as euthanasia, marriage between one man and one woman, what it means to be a woman and a mother, the centrality of the home, the moral issues surrounding conception and childbirth, what it means to be a father, the role of the laity, the meaning and value of celibacy, and the call to religious life. His contributions to the Church and to humanity include his popular talks on the theology of the body, particularly for married people, an updated Code of Canon Law, 483 new canonized saints and martyrs from all walks of life, 1,340 beatifications, and the fall of the Berlin Wall, which many historians and scholars attribute to his direct intervention. Many believe that it was his God-given mission to accomplish the defeat of Communism in his native Poland. Known as “Mary’s Pope” or “the Pope of Fatima,” his devotion to the Blessed Mother inspired and informed much of his teaching. He was truly a GREAT POPE.